Dr. R.H. (Rick) Derksen
- Post-doctoral researcher
- Balto-Slavic historical linguistics
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2125 |
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| E-Mail: | r.h.derksen@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL VIET |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex P.N. van Eyckhof 3 2311 BV Leiden Room number 204B |
Research
My main field of research is Balto-Slavic historical linguistics, with an emphasis on accentology and etymology.
Publications
- 2008 Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Leiden-Boston: Brill.
- 2005 “The orthography of the Elbing Vocabulary and the relationship between Old Prussian and East Baltic”, Baltistica VI priedas, 51-67.
- 2004 “Balto-Slavic accentuation: an update”, Histoire Épistémologie Langage 26/2 (2004), 81-92.
- 2003 “Slavic *jь-”, Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics 30, 97-105.
- 2003 “On the reception of Winter’s law”, Baltistica 37(1) 2002, 5-13.
- 1996 Metatony in Baltic (= Leiden Studies in Indo-European 6). Amsterdam–Atlanta: Rodopi. (458 pp.)
Other publications can be found in the METIS database: An overview is presented on the METIS website.
Teaching activities
Since 1990 I have taught a number of classes, in particular Lithuanian and Old Church Slavic. In December 2003, I gave a one-week Old Prussian course at the University of Munich. Old Prussian is also the language that I taught at the 2006 Leiden Summer School in Indo-European Linguistics.
Curriculum Vitae
I was born in the East of the Netherlands in 1964. In 1982, I moved to Utrecht to study Classics. After my propaedeutic exam, I took up Slavic Studies and Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University, obtaining Master’s degrees in both (June and August 1989, respectively). Among my teachers were Robert Beekes, Frederik Kortlandt, Alexander Lubotsky and Willem Vermeer. In 1996, I received a PhD degree for my thesis Metatony in Baltic, which had been written under the supervision of Frederik Kortlandt. From 1998 onwards I have been working on the Slavic and Baltic components of the Indo-European Etymological Dictionary project. My etymological dictionary of the Slavic inherited lexical stock appeared in print in 2008. Its Baltic companion is scheduled for 2009.
2005
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Derksen, R.H. (2005)
The orthography of the Elbing Vocabulary and he relationship between Old Prussian and East Baltic. Baltistica, VI priedas, pp. 51-67.
(Article)
2004
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Derksen, R.H. (2004)
Balto-Slavic avccentuation: an update. Histore Épistémologie Langage, 26 (2), pp. 81-92.
(Article)
2003
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Derksen, R.H. (2003)
On the reception of Winter's law. Baltistica, 37(2002) (1), pp. 5-13.
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Derksen, R.H. (2003)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Das deutsche Lehngut im Altpreußischen]. In: Kratylos, 48, pp. 155-159.
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Derksen, R.H. (2003)
Slavic *jü-. Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics, 30, pp. 97-105.
(Article)
2002
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Andronov, A. & Derksen, R.H. (2002)
Lithuanian linguistics 1998-2002: studies published outside Lithuania. Acta Linguistica Lithuanica, 46, pp. 213-222.
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Derksen, R.H. (2002)
"Rozwadowski's rule" in Baltic. Baltu Filologija, 11 (1), pp. 5-12.
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Derksen, R.H. (2002)
Review. [Bespreking van: Daiktavardþiø darybos raida II. Lietuviø kalbos vardaþodiniai vediniai]. In: Baltu Filologija, 11, pp. 97-100.
(Book review)
2001
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Derksen, R.H. (2001)
Lith. úostas, Latv. uõsta 'port, harbour'. Baltistica, 36 (1), pp. 37-42.
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Derksen, R.H. (2001)
Old Icelandic jarpi 'hazel-grouse', rjúpa 'ptarmigan' and their Germanic and Balto-Slavic cognates. In Boutkan, D.F.H. & Quak, A. (Eds.) Substratum, superstratum, adstratum in Germanic languages (Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik 54) (pp. 75-87). Amsterdam: Rodopi.
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Derksen, R.H. (2001)
Review. [Bespreking van: Prûsø kalbos etimologijos þodynas, 4: R-Z]. In: Kratylos, 46, pp. 134-137.
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Derksen, R.H. (2001)
Tonal oppositions on non-initial syllables in Latvian. In Marcinkiewicz, J. & Ostrowski, N. (Eds.) Munera linguistica et philologica Michaeli Hasiuk dedicata (pp. 81-87). Poznañ: Katedra Skandinawistyki i Baltologii.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2000
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Derksen, R.H. (2000)
A review of recent research in Slavic studies. The Indo-European Studies Bulletin, 9 (1), pp. 1-7.
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Derksen, R.H. (2000)
Jonas Kazlaukas' contributions to accentology. Baltistica, 35 (1), pp. 5-9.
(Article)
1999
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Derksen, R.H. (1999)
A review of recent Baltological research. Indo-European Studies Bulletin, 8 (2), pp. 1-6.
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Derksen, R.H. (1999)
North European *Kulp- 'beak, snout'. Baltistica, 24 (1), pp. 69-76.
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Derksen, R.H. (1999)
recensie. [Bespreking van: Baltistik: Aufgaben und Methoden]. In: Res Balticae, 5
(Book review)
1998
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Derksen, R.H. (1998)
Lithuanian mésà. Res Balticae, 4, pp. 131-137.
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Derksen, R.H. (1998)
The distribution of the Old Prussian Tones. In: Smoczynski, W. (Ed.), Colloquium Pruthenicum Secundum, pp. 45-51. Krakow: Universitas.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
1997
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Derksen, R.H. (1997)
Vowel raising in the anonymous Lithuanian catechism of 1605. In: Lubotsky, A.M. (Ed.), Sound law and analogy. Papers in honor of Robert S. Beekes on the occasion of his 60th birthday (Leiden Studies in Indo-European), 9. , pp. 21-26. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
1996
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Derksen, R.H. (1996)
Metatony in Baltic. UL, xxiv+458pp.(Amsterdam/Atlanta, Rodopi) F.H.H., Kortlandt.
(Dissertation)
1995
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Derksen, R.H. (1995)
On the origin of the Latvian tones. Linguistica Baltica, 4, pp. 163-168.
(Article)